Even casual fans of figure skating have likely heard of the triple axel. And now, thanks to U.S. men’s champion Ilia Malinin, you’ll be hearing a lot about the quadruple axel, or quad axel, too. What ...

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 08: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Amber Glenn of Team United States competes in Women's Single Skating - Free Skating Team ...

For American figure skater Amber Glenn, winning gold was within reach going into the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. But then she experienced a devastating result in the performance of her ...

U.S. figure skating champion Amber Glenn’s preparation for this season included mastering her jumps, learning her choreography and tracking her brain waves. Last January, Glenn won her first senior ...

What is an axel jump in figure skating? Types of jumps in figure skating What is a quadruple axel? Has anyone ever done a quadruple axel? Has a female ever done a quadruple axel? The 2026 Winter ...

For Olympic figure skaters, all those hours, jumps and training are boiled down to around six or seven minutes during the Winter games. Mirai Nagasu became the first ever American woman to land a ...

Only two skaters landed triple axels, the most difficult jump attempted in the short program of the women’s Olympic figure skating competition on Tuesday. Ami Nakai, 17, of Japan took advantage of a ...

Competing in the women's singles free skating held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on the 27th , Kim scored 76.17 points in technical elements and 65.26 points in program components for a total of 141.43 ...

Olympic champion Amber Glenn put on a show with partner Pasha Pashkov on 'Dancing With The Stars' in Week 5. The Big Lead Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde ruptures Achilles in another crash ...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The Russian Gymnastics Federation says former Olympic champions Angelina Melnikova and Viktoria Listunova are among three athletes denied visas to enter the Netherlands ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics is fully underway in Italy, and it's once again time for figure skating to take center stage. One of the biggest stars on this year's U.S. team is Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the ...